wWorkflow.net and the underlying consulting services company is please to announce that we are now buying carbon offsets to offset the carbon that gets generated as a result of developing solutions for our clients and running this site.
A “carbon offset” is an emission reduction credit from another
organization’s project that results in less carbon dioxide or other
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere than would otherwise occur.
For example, assume that one notebook computer uses 75 Watts of electricity per hour for two weeks (at eight hours per day). The total energy use for the two weeks works out to about 6,000 KiloWatt hours (that's 75W times 8 hours times 10 working days). Generating about 5,500KWh emits about one tonne of Carbon into the atmosphere.
We buy carbon offsets by the tonne to offset the carbon that gets emitted into the atmosphere. By buying these offsets, we help to develop cleaner energy sources and help produce electricity using renewable sources (like solar, wind, hydro, etc) that offset our emissions. The tonne that gets emitted when the conventional electricity gets generated is already in the atmosphere, yet carbon offsets can also work to remove carbon by investing in farms (a farm removes carbon from the atmosphere when the plants it grows absorb carbon as they grow).
We buy carbon offsets from well-known, Canadian offset retailers that meet stringent standards for audit and energy generation. More information is available from the David Sizuki Foundation.
Our clients don't have to do anything to gain the benefits of carbon offsets - wWorkflow.net buys carbon offsets* each month at no cost to our clients!
The end result is a better environment, today and in the future. wWorkflow.net - providing expert and new greener solutions!
* So, how much does it cost to offset one tonne of carbon emissions? We operate in Ontario, Canada so one tonne of carbon offsets costs about $38 Canadian. The average Canadian resident generates about 22 tonnes of carbon per year, putting the cost to offset that at about $815 Canadian. The money gets used by reputable offset retailers to buy renewable energy that gets distributed on the regular electricity network.